Jeopardy:
Discovery and Establishment of
America
Review Game
Rules of the Game
• You will be broken into teams
• Students will take turns answering questions
independently first.
• If the student misses the question it goes to
the next team for the steal.
• Keep yourself and your team quiet and
under control or you will lose points
People
Explorers
Events
In
Europe
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Vocabulary
Slavery
He conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes
Leader of the Aztec Empire
Moctezuma II
1609, claimed New York for the
Dutch;
1610, searched for Northwest
passage and found large bay in
Canada
Henry Hudson
Spanish, conquered the Inca
Empire, explored the Andean
countries
Francisco Pizarro
Who searched for a Northwest
Passage?
Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, John Cabot,
Samuel de Champlain
1508, Spanish,
“discovered” Puerto Rico
and Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
Who conquered Native American
Empires in South America and
Mexico?
Francisco Pizzaro and Hernan Cortes
1584, England, set up 1st and 2nd
colony at Roanoke in North
Carolina
Sir Walter Raleigh and John
White
Where were Erik the Red and
Leif Eriksson from?
Scandanavia
1681, France, explored the
Mississippi River to the Gulf of
Mexico, claimed land for King
Louis XIV and called it
Louisisana.
Rene Robert de La Salle
Why did people start to explore?
God, gold, glory
What was the Protestant
Reformation?
Religious movement in Europe in
which protesters called
“Protestants” criticized and
pulled away from the Catholic
Church.
Why was it hard to set up a
colony in the New World?
Natives attacked and it was hard
to grow food
What caused the Spanish Armada to
attack England?
1. Spain was upset that England
turned away from Catholicism
and started the Church of
England.
2. English “sea dogs” were
attacking and looting Spanish
treasure ships.
3. Mary, Queen of Scots, a
potential Catholic leader in
England, was executed.
What were some effects of the
English defeat of the Spanish
Armada?
England gained more sea power,
Spain lost it’s title as leader in exploration and
sea power,
other countries began exploring and claiming
land in the new world
Define: Northwest Passage
Bonus: Name one person who
looked for it.
Water route through NA that
would allow ships to sail from
the Atlantic to the Pacific
People: Hudson, Cabot, Cartier
Define: Immunity
Bonus: Who did not have
immunity to European diseases?
Having a natural resistance
Native Americans did not have resistance
Why didn’t the Encomienda
system work?
Native Americans were dying of diseases and
Europeans were losing their workforce
Define: Plantation
Bonus: Why did colonists need
cheap labor in the New World?
Large farms that grow just one crop
Colonists needed cheap labor because
plantations were so large and they needed many
workers to keep them running.
Define: Encomienda System
Bonus: Why wasn’t this system
fair?
System that gave settlers the right
to tax natives or force them to
work. In exchange, they were
supposed to protect natives and
teach them Christianity.
It wasn’t fair because the natives
were treated like slaves, not
workers.
Name 2 proslavery arguments
If Britain did not engage in the
slave trade, other countries
would.
Africa was already involved in
slavery.
Taking Africans from their
homeland benefited them.
The enslaved people were unfit
for other work.
The enslaved people were not ill-
Name 2 antislavery arguments
Answers will vary.
There were alternatives to the slave trade.
If something is wrong (like slavery), it is wrong whether
others do it or not.
The slavery that existed in Africa was different from slavery
in the Americas (Americas was worse).
The African people were not inferior and should have been
treated as equals.
The slave trade was damaging to Africa.
Africans suffered greatly from being removed from their
homeland.
It was morally wrong and, as a Christian country, Britain
should not have been involved.
Name 2 of the 3 components that
helped slaves build culture in the
New World
Family, Religion, Art/Dance
Explain how families provided
refuge for slaves.
Families were a way for the slaves to be happy
and feel at ease in the midst of a challenging
life.
What kind of religion did slaves
practice in the New World?
Christianity blended with African elements
Final Jeopardy Category:
Religion in the 1500s
Explain the Protestant Reformation.
Be sure to include the story of
Martin Luther and the role of the
printing press.